Day 56: Callahan's Grocer (Noon)

[gamingsostfu]

 
Matt was leading the way to the grocery store; it was easy to tell what was what here, thankfully. A really simple town, so far as he could tell, and the best bet he had here from the looks of it was the grocery store.

If they didn't have his smokes, he was screwed.

Mello could follow as long as he wanted. It wasn't like Matt was going to just fall

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[predictator]

As far as Izaya was concerned, the credit card he'd received that morning was all but useless. Not only was the amount barely worth anything at all-only five dollars, according to the rank on his dog tags and the morning announcement-but even if it were worth something more, he couldn't use it to purchase what he considered most valuable here. Five dollars credit didn't exactly go a long way towards gaining information. If it was a matter of bribes, cash would have been essential to loosening lips... Barter had its own value, but it was much trickier

[predictator]

Ah, it looked like this aisle had held something good after all, though it had nothing to do with the food at all. As he continued walking, he noticed there was a short red-headed man staring at boxes of cereal with an expression that was... What? Alarm? Repulsion? Shock or dismay? It was difficult to tell for sure from this angle and distance, so Izaya drew closer.

He came to a stop once there was only a foot or so between them, leaning to the side to get a better view of the man's face.

"Are you alright?" he asked politely, partly to announce his presence and partly to prompt the man into speaking. What a nice expression he had! And Izaya could see a scar on the man's face better now, which intrigued him. How had he gotten it? Work? A fight? It was a rather peculiar shape, crossed like that; it seemed like the kind of thing that might have had a story behind it.